Beauty Blender Bounce Liquid Whip Longwear Foundation Review (Shade 2.3)

Another foundation review? Yes please! You guys already know it’s one of my favourite makeup products to review. When I heard that Beauty Blender was coming out with a foundation, I knew I had to get my hands on it. The Beauty Blender itself was and still is, one of the most innovative and life changing products in the makeup industry. Many reasons why I wanted to try this foundation, was the fact it claimed to last up to 24 hours. 

I am currently on the market to find a foundation that lasts all day and night, as I am going to a wedding this weekend! This foundation claims to last up to 24 hours, and is suppose to have a velvet matte finish. 

Not only are you getting a foundation though, the packaging itself also is a little dish for your foundation!! I originally was using a metal plate I purchased at IMATS many years ago, but this just makes it easier since it’s all in one. I’m also loving the pearlized finish on the backside. 

If you’re worried about the foundation not properly landing onto the dish portion, they already have that all figured out. The nozzle that dispenses the foundation is angled so when you press down the pump, the product is dispensed onto the back. 

It’s super cute! I’ve never had a foundation this shape. It’s kind of big and oblong, but it’s different! There’s also a locking mechanism so you don’t accidentally dispense product when you don’t want to. I got the shade 2.3 based on my Sephora shade match. (To be honest, I last did colour match over 6 years ago, so I don’t even think it was accurate but I went with it!) 

As you can see, the product drips onto the backside so you have a spot for your Beauty Blender to dab on. So genius! 

Here is the shade on my arm. The colour 2.3 is suppose to be a medium shade with yellow undertones. The colour definitely looked darker on my arm than on my face when I applied it, but we will see if I have to change it or not, after a few more uses. 

Here is my bare ass face. I actually look pretty pale this summer, so I figured the colour could work on me. 

Okay, so with the foundation only, I felt that the colour was wayyyyyyyy too light on me. It could also be the flash, so now I’m definitely reconsidering wearing this to a wedding, since many photos will be taken. I’ll for sure have to test it more after this. 

It’s definitely whiter than most foundations I’ve tried, so I could for sure probably go for a darker shade. It’s not too bad I must say. The foundation applies on very nicely, but you do have to use a lot to get to full coverage. I used 5 pumps to achieve this look. It’s super lightweight that I didn’t feel like I was wearing make-up at all! You definitely do get a very velvety-matte finish, and I didn’t feel like it was heavy or cakey at all. 

I’m not gonna lie, I look pretty darn oily. For 10 hours though? It’s not too bad! I always have blotting sheets with me, so I could easily fix the problem. At the 6 hour mark is when I start getting oily, and this foundation lasted past that, before I had to blot my face. With some foundations, I get some weird separation around my nose, and everything gets all patchy and weird. This foundation was able to withstand all that, so I was super happy. 

UPDATE AFTER 3 DAYS OF USE: 

From my initial test, I used the foundation along with my favourite concealer, which is the Tarte Shape Tape concealer. I figured maybe if I change up my routine a bit, I could get a better idea of the actual foundation itself. I skipped using concealer, and to my surprise, it lasted WAY longer without it! 

Jump to the next day, I skipped the concealer again and then I mixed the foundation with one of my Colourpop No Filter Foundations, just so the shade would be slightly darker. I was happy to find that the formula still worked amazing and the foundation lasted all day. What I love most about this foundation is how lightweight it is. Even though my face may look like an oily mess at the end of the day, it didn't feel gross at all. Sometimes, the oil from my face mixes with the foundation, causing my face to feel really gross and heavy. I don't get this feeling at all with this foundation. I even wore it to the gym, got super sweaty, and my face still felt good. 

So does it last 24 hours? If my face was normal and didn't get as oily as it did, yeah I could totally see it lasting 24 hours. I love how lightweight it is, it's almost like you're not wearing any make-up! I love to cake on that foundation, and this one sure doesn't feel cakey at all.

Most likely this shade will end up being my winter colour, and I'll probably have to buy another shade to use for summer, but mixed with another foundation, or maybe even a lot of bronzer, I could make it work! 

Are you thinking of trying this foundation? 

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Colourpop No Filter Collection Review (Light 70, Medium 90, Medium Pressed Powder, Banana Powder, Translucent Powder)

Besides lip products, my favourite products to review are face products. I love doing foundation reviews, because foundation is literally the "foundation" to the whole look! Hahahaha, that was pretty lame. I have a very problematic face, so I'm always on the hunt for a better foundation. 100% of the time, my face is oily AF, sometimes I have dry patches, and sometimes my pores are so large, you can mistaken my face for the moon.

I've only ever tried Colourpop liquid lipsticks and eyeshadows, and as much as I love the product, I never saw myself reaching for them as often as the "higher end' stuff I own. Higher end as in; more pricey and luxurious I guess. The foundation looked promising, and I'm always up for trying a new foundation. My current favourites over the last few months have been the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Foundation and the Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation. Fenty is my #1 go to, but I didn't feel like spending over $40 on foundation, so I went back to my holy grail, never fail foundation; the Maybelline Fit Me. I've been using it for years, and have repurchased it time and time again, and it never lets me down. It's my all time favourite drug store foundation.

When I saw that Colourpop was coming out with more face products (besides the concealer) I knew I had to try it. I purchased two shades of foundation, because the guide they offered put me under both the shade Light 70, and Medium 90. You can find the shade guide on their Instagram page! 

I also purchased the Sheer Pressed Powder in the shade "medium" and both the translucent powder and the banana powder. The pressed powder was surprisingly "white" for a medium shade, and it did make me look a tad whiter when I used it. The banana powder was very yellow, but a very nice fine powder, that didn't dry out my face when I used it. The translucent powder didn't add a white cast on my face, but I also felt it didn't make a huge difference in controlling my oil or setting my face.

The colour looks super yellow here, but it wasn't as yellow on my skin, and it blended very nicely. 

Translucent Powder

Medium Sheer Pressed Powder

Personally, I felt I could do without the Translucent Setting Powder, as I felt it didn't do too much for me, and same with the Matte Pressed Powder, which seemed quite light for a medium shade. 

For the foundation shades, I noticed that Light 70 was too light, and Medium 90 was too dark. They had an 80 shade that I totally wish I got instead. Mixing the shades definitely makes the perfect shade for me though, so that's what I've been doing for the past few weeks. The foundation is very watery, but man is it pigmented. A little really goes a long way with this foundation. The one thing I disliked about the packaging though was the fact their wasn't a lid! I love that there's a pump, but the pump doesn't have a lid, so it kind of looks incomplete.

Some better lighting to see the true shades of colour. On the left is Light 70, and on the right we have Medium 90. You can see that the Light 70 is more neutral, and Medium 90 is more yellow.  Combined together, the shade is perfect for me! 

Using it for the first week, I absolutely loved the finished look with all three products. It was wearable for more than 6 hours, but past that mark, it looked horrendous! My pores were showing and I looked super oily. I stopped using the pressed powder and the loose powder, to determine if it was the foundation, and I still had the same result.

I really wanted to give this foundation another shot, because for the price, you can't go wrong. The following week I decided to switch out my primer. Originally I was using the Smashbox primer, and then I switched to the Dr Brandt Pores No More primer. What a difference it made! I guess the combination with the Smashbox primer and the foundation, made my face extra oily, but with the Pores No More, it held up for more than 6 hours, and I didn't have to blot my face til about the 7 hour mark. Even at that point, the blotting sheet had barely any oil on it. My favourite thing to do is use the loose banana powder under my eyes, brush it all off, and then use the sheer pressed powder to set it all. I wasn't a huge fan of the translucent loose powder, as I felt it didn't make a difference in controlling my oil. I continued using my current favourite loose setting powder which is the Too Faced Peach Perfect Powder.

Final thoughts? This is probably one of my all time favourite foundations now. I love the huge selection of shades, and the fact the shade is absolutely perfect for me. This is the closest shade I've matched myself with, for any foundation I've owned! Most times foundation shades are slightly too dark for me, but I use a lot of powder to kind of balance it out. It is definitely medium to full coverage, or you can sheer it out if you have a very damp Beauty Blender. You barely need any foundation to get good coverage, so it will definitely last you a while. The sheer pressed powder is probably a pass on repurchasing, because I feel it didn't make a huge difference whether I used it or not. I'm more of a loose powder person anyways. It'll probably sit in my purse as a powder I can use for touch ups, but besides that, I won't buy it again. I love the banana loose powder though, as it looked amazing and did a great job brightening my under eyes. I like the translucent loose powder, but it wasn't any better than an other loose setting powder. I'll probably stick to my favourites I already have.

Have you tried any Colourpop products? Let me know your favourites!

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Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Foundation and Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter Review & Swatches (#250 & Mean Money/Hu$tla Baby)

I love that I'm in love with make-up again. There was a moment in time that I felt like my love and passion for it has died, but it just went a bit MIA.. until now. 

The Fenty Beauty collection by Rihanna has resonated something inside me. I have a love and fire burning deep inside, and I want to splurge and blow my paycheques on beauty products again. It's a terrible thing, but I'm feeding the addiction LOL. I'm a bit late to the party here, but just a week or more ago, the Fenty Beauty collection was released, and god damn it's a beautiful collection. 

Boasting 40 shades of foundation, a gorgeous line of highlighter duos, contouring sticks and the like, it's a very impressive make-up line. As soon as I heard about the Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation, I KNEW I had to try it. 

Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation in shade 250 - $42

I love the huge line of shades. It makes it possible for anyone to find the right shade and undertone for themselves. Me and my cousin went to Sephora bright and early because we knew we needed time to find the right shade, and we knew it would get crazy busy considering it was a Saturday. 

Boy, were we right. It got crazy busy about 30 minutes after store opening, and where did everyone run to? Fenty Beauty. Everyone was looking to get colour matched and to pick up some goodies. Feeling pretty confident that we could colour match ourselves, I took it upon me to choose shade 250. I was a bit doubtful because it looked to be a bit peachy/yellow than I was used to, but I went with it anyways. Normally, I just choose the shade that one of my favourite Beauty Youtubers (saaammage)  chooses, which was 240 I believe, but since I went to Cuba recently, I was a bit tanner than usual. I figured if it was too dark, I could just add a lot of setting powder to lighten it up.

Let me just say, this stuff dries, hella fast. Within minutes it dries to a very matte flat finish. The foundation is medium coverage, but is totally buildable to a full coverage foundation. It claims to work great for all skin types, and is oil free. As you can see, with no flash it looks super peachy and warm, and with flash it comes pretty close to matching the colour of my arm. 

Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter in Mean Money/Hu$tla Baby - $42

I absolutely love the packaging for Fenty Beauty. It's absolutely stunning and right up my alley. The octagon shape is super chic and pretty, and if you see the compact in person, there is a gorgeous iridescent purple shimmer to it. It's absolutely gorgeous. 

I chose to purchase the ever so popular duo; mean money & hu$tla baby. They're described as a soft champagne sheen, and a supercharged champagne shimmer. I wish I bought the other duo I was swatching too because I live for these highlighters. You'll see why in a minute. 

Simple and beautiful. 

Imprinted with the Fenty Beauty logo. 

LOOK. AT. THAT. GLOW. THO. And this is with no flash!! On first glance, Mean money is kind of whatever, but on your cheekbones and the bridge of your nose, YESSSSS. It's the most gorgeous, subtle sheen of glimmering beauty. Hu$tla Baby is just.. I don't even know what to describe it as. It's too good for words. 

I already had foundation on from earlier that day, and just left my eye make-up on pretty much. As you can see, bare faced, I have lots of redness, a little bit of acne scarring, and lots of shine. 

Ugh, those pores.

Foundation only. It appears to be.. too light?? It's probably the flash though. Instantly, I already look really matte! Amazing. The foundation dried really fast. I used a Beauty Blender with this and it blended like a dream. I worked in sections and applied about two layers, to achieve a full coverage look.

An outside shot. Looks like a pretty good match! 

Oh yes, I love these highlighters. Mean Money is the perfect subtle highlight. It gives you that glow but not the obvious "I'm wearing a highlight glow" Hu$tla Baby is a very in your face highlight. On my arm it looked like quite the chunky glitter highlighter, but it's no where near that. It blends out flawlessly, giving you a glow that shines brighter than the stars. I normally go for whiter, white gold highlights, but this champagne highlighter is my new favourite. 

I caked my nose with Mean Money. 

Basically this foundation is like my face but better. Even though it provides full coverage, it surprisingly looks quite natural. 

Yes, I look like a oily hot mess, BUT this is amazing for 8 hours with no touch ups. Most days, I have to blot my face after 4 hours. On this day I helped my boyfriend clean the interior and exterior of his car, and it was like 28 degrees celsius. I went out for dinner and went to watch a movie too. It held up really well and didn't separate on my nose, like most foundations do.  

Even though it looked like this at the end of the day, I didn't feel overly oily and the foundation stayed put. Nothing a blotting sheet couldn't get rid of. 

The highlighter help up really well too. I was still shining bright at the end of the night. 

A little snippet from my snapchat; @mlsstrng. 

As you can see, it's looking as good as the first time I put it on. 

Final thoughts? This may just be my new favourite foundation. I love how light it feels despite how much coverage it provides. I love that it truly is a mattifying foundation, and that their are so many shades to choose from. One thing I forgot to mention though, it definitely oxidizes and gets a lot darker once it's dried, so make sure when you swatch it in store, that you wait until it's dried to decide on your shade. The highlighter is absolutely amazing and I'm definitely picking up the other duo that I was hesitant on purchasing. The formula is amazing, and it stays put all day. Overall, Rihanna did an awesome job with her make-up line, and she's going to be getting a lot of other make-up brands shaking in their boots. 

Do you plan on trying anything from the Fenty Beauty line? Let me know!

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Make Up For Ever Water Blend Foundation Review

Long time no see blog friends. Now that summer's here, I'm hoping to have a few more blog posts up my sleeve, considering it won't be as busy at work. I'll keep them short and sweet, so I will get them out in a timely fashion of course. I got the chance to review Make Up For Ever Water Blend foundation, courtesy of Glam Sense. 

The Water Blend foundation is a super lightweight foundation, made with 80% water, and enriched with pro-vitamin B5. The coverage is super sheer, but buildable, and it's almost like your skin but better.

I got the shade Y305 - soft beige, which was a tad too light for me. but would probably be great for in the winter time. 

I am more of a full coverage foundation girl, but I thought I should give this a chance. I have a lot of discolouration around my eyes, pimples here and there, and redness basically everywhere. 

This is three layers of the foundation. I couldn't use the blender they provided, I felt like it was smearing the product around more than anything. I ended up using my fingers to blend it all out, and a damp Beauty Blender to buff it all out. You definitely have to wait at least a minute before each layer, because the foundation moves if it's not fully set. Even with 3 layers, you can still see my pimples, and a little bit of redness. It definitely looks natural, but not the best of coverage for my skin needs.

Here it is with a setting powder. The foundation itself feels like I'm wearing absolutely nothing. It gives you a dewy glow, which I presume is sought out for in the summer months. The one thing I disliked though was the scent. It has quite the strong fragrant smell, a bit floralish. Not the biggest fan of that. I would definitely wear it on days I don't feel like wearing a heavy foundation, but want some coverage, considering I don't have perfect skin.

I received this product free from Glam Sense by Topbox. All opinions are my own.

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